I have stayed away from commenting on the Zend Framework, as I may or may not have some use for it via Xaraya in the background. There's plenty of room for more frameworks, as each that is out there now has advantages and disadvantages. However, I couldn't resist pointing out this remark from Loud Thinking as it does cut through some of the propaganda of "extreme ease".

Interesting thoughts on the design process, which I hope won't fall on deaf ears.

He quotes a bit from the Loud Thinking post, highlighting some of the comments made about the Zend development process and how it might be headed down a less-productive path focusing on use cases and sample apps...